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Bachenbülach Bachenbülach is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Bachenbülach is first mentioned in 1149 as ''Bahchenboulacho''. But it was certainly inhabited much earlier. The ruins of a Roman far ...

Eglisau Eglisau is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. History Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several independent farm houses known as ''Ouwa''. In 1238 it was mentioned as ''Owe'', in 1304 as ''ze Se ...

Embrach Embrach is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Coat of arms Blazon '' Gules, two keys argent in saltire.'' Until the middle of the 16th century seals with the image of St. Peter were used. Today's ...

Glattfelden Glattfelden is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Glattfelden is first mentioned in 1130 as ''Glatevelden''. Geography Glattfelden ...

, Hochfelden,

Höri Höri is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Höri is first mentioned in as ''Hoerein''. Geography Höri has an area of . Of this are ...

Rorbas Rorbas is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Rorbas has an area of . Of this, 35.7% is used for agricultural purposes, 46.6% is forested and 15% is settled (buildings or roads). The rema ...

, Winkel , twintowns =

Santeramo in Colle Santeramo in Colle ( Santermano: ) is a town in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia, southern Italy. Its current name comes from St Erasmus, martyr of the Diocletian era and patron saint of the city who, according to legend, is respo ...

(Italy) Bülach () is an historic town and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in the

canton of Zürich The canton of Zürich (german: Kanton Zürich ; rm, Chantun Turitg; french: Canton de Zurich; it, Canton Zurigo) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton in the ...

. It is the administrative capital of Bülach district. It is situated in the

Glatt Valley The Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'' or ''Glatttal'') is a region and a river valley in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The Glatt is a tributary to the Rhine in the Zürcher Unterland area of the canton of Zurich. It is long ...

(German: ''Glattal'') to the east of the small river Glatt and about south of the

High Rhine The High Rhine (german: Hochrhein) is the name used for the part of the Rhine that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel. The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine ...

and about north of the

Zurich Airport Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switze ...

. The official language of Bülach is

Swiss Standard German Swiss Standard German (german: Schweizer Standarddeutsch), or Swiss High German (german: Schweizer Hochdeutsch or ''Schweizerhochdeutsch''), referred to by the Swiss as ''Schriftdeutsch'', or ''Hochdeutsch'', is the written form of one of four o ...

, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the

Alemannic Alemannic (''Alamannic'') or Alamanni may refer to: * Alemannic German, a dialect family in the Upper German branch of the German languages and its speakers * Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes in the Roman period * Alamanni (surna ...

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , gsw, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spelling ...

dialect.

History

Bülach is first mentioned in 811 as ''Pulacha''. From early times it fell within the province of the

Alamanni The Alemanni or Alamanni, were a confederation of Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Caracalla of 213, the Alemanni captured the in 260, and later expanded into pres ...

. Joachim Werner's description of the early cemetery excavated there was published in 1953.

Geography

Bülach has an area of . Of this area, 33.2% is used for agricultural purposes, 39.5% is forested, 26.9% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located around the lower

. The town of Bülach and the village of Niederflachs are in the valley. Around the town are the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of Heimgarten am Rinsberg, Eschenmosen (since 1919, earlier part of Winkel) and Nussbaumen am Dettenberg. The municipality of Bachenbülach was part of Bülach until 1849 when it became an independent municipality. Bülach is located on the old road from Zürich through

Kloten Kloten is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (german: Glatttal). History Kloten is first mentioned in 1155 as ''Chlotun''. Geography Kloten is located in the Gl ...

Demographics

Bülach has a population (as of ) of . , 22.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 17.8%. Most of the population () speaks German (83.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 2.5%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 38.3% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

SPS SPS may refer to: Law and government * Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the WTO * NATO Science for Peace and Security * Single Payment Scheme, an EU agricultural subsidy * The Standard Procurement System, fo ...

(17%), the CSP (12.5%) and the FDP (11.2%). The age distribution of the population () is as follows: children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.2%. In Bülach about 73.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

'').Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 29-Jul-2009 The historical population of Bülach is listed in the following table:

Attractions

The

Reformed Church Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Cal ...

and the popular Sigristenkeller gallery stand on a small hill, and are surrounded by pretty old buildings, including the Pfarrhaus and the old Tithe Barn. The church is named after

Saint Laurentius Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. "Laurel wreath, laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, perse ...

, to whom the town's coat of arms is dedicated. Saint Laurentius was deacon to

Pope Sixtus II Pope Sixtus II ( el, Πάπας Σίξτος Β΄), also written as Pope Xystus II, was bishop of Rome from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was martyred along with seven deacons, including Lawrence of Rome, during the persecutio ...

, and became a martyr when he was condemned to death by fire in 258 AD. The church forms a well-matched unit with the Town Hall, and has a tower rising above it to a height of 74 meters. Also on the first Saturday of every month at 6pm, trumpeters play for half an hour from the top of the tower. Duke

Leopold III of Austria (Habsburg) Leopold III (1 November 1351 – 9 July 1386), known as the Just, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1365. As head and progenitor of the Leopoldian line, he ruled over the Inner Austrian duchies of Carinthia, Styria an ...

granted Bülach a

town charter A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (''charter'') establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the Middle Ages. Traditionally the granting of a charter ...

in 1384, including its own jurisdiction and the right to hold its own market.

Economy and transport

One of the most important institutions in the town and its biggest employer (over 700 employees) is the regional hospital Spital Bülach with 200 beds. Other important employers include the traditional

glass Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of ...

producer Vetropack, civil engineering firm Mageba, and the

Zürcher Unterländer Zürcher Unterländer, commonly shortened to ''ZUL'', is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper, published in Bülach. History and profile Founded in 1852, the newspaper has a leading position in the districts of Bülach and Dielsdorf. The T ...

newspaper. Bülach has an unemployment rate of 3.07%. , there were 130 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 1893 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 133 businesses in this sector. 5596 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the second ...

, with 607 businesses in this sector.

Bülach railway station Bülach railway station (german: Bahnhof Bülach) is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zürich and municipality of Bülach. It is located at the junction of the Winterthur to Koblenz and Oerlikon to Bülach lines of Swiss Federal Rail ...

is a node of the

Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...

on the lines S41 and S5. Its train station is a 24-minute (S5) ride from

Zürich Hauptbahnhof Zürich Hauptbahnhof (often shortened to Zürich HB, or just HB; ''Zürich Main Station'' or ''Zürich Central Station'') is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland a ...

. It also has a direct bus link from

which takes 25 minutes on 530 service.

Education

The primary schools include ''Schuleinheit Böswisli'', ''Schuleinheit Schwerzgrueb'', ''Schuleinheit Lindenhof'', and ''Schuleinheit Hohfuri''. Lower secondary schools include ''Schule Hinterbirch'' and ''Schule Mettmenriet''.Schule Mettmenriet
" ''Sekundarskule Bülach''. Retrieved on April 23, 2015. The '' Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland'' (KZU) is located in Bülach.

Notable people

European Championships 2011 Sarah MEIER – Gold Medal

* Sir John Brunner (born 1842) British Industrialist *

Jürg Gutknecht Jürg Gutknecht (born 3 January 1949 in Bülach) is a Swiss computer scientist. He developed, with Niklaus Wirth, the programming language Oberon and the corresponding operating system Oberon. Biography Jürg Gutknecht was full professor in th ...

(born 1949) computer scientist *

Daniel Klajner Daniel Klajner (born 26 December 1963) is a Swiss conductor. Life Born in Bülach (Switzerland), Klajner studied conducting and musical composition in Vienna. He completed his musical training with Gary Bertini (in Salzburg), Moshe Atzmon (i ...

(born 1963) conductor, teaches orchestral conducting at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

* Claude Meier (born 1964)

Divisional general Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French (Revolutionary) System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army corps ...

of the

Swiss Armed Forces The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...

; Sport * Kurt Klingler (born 1928) former sports shooter, competed in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Karl Elsener Karl or Carl Elsener may refer to: *Karl Elsener (footballer) (1934–2010), Swiss football goalkeeper *Karl Elsener (inventor) Karl Elsener (9 October 1860 - 26 December 1918) was a Swiss cutler, inventor and entrepreneur. Karl Elsener completed ...

(1934–2010) football goalkeeper, 34 caps for the

1958/1966 * Louis Pfenninger (born 1944) former racing cyclist, competed in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

* Ercüment Şahin (born 1968) Turkish retired professional footballer, over 360 club caps * Marcello Marrocco (born 1969) a retired Italian professional footballer, over 325 club caps *

Martin Plüss Martin Plüss (born 5 April 1977) is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey centre. He participated in four Winter Olympics and twelve World Championships. Playing career A product of EV Dielsdorf-Niederhasli, Plüss made his debut for EHC Kl ...

(born 1977) retired professional ice hockey player *

Nicola Spirig Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss lawyer and former professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and six times European champion in women's triathlon. Career Nicola Spirig is a five times Olympian. She was Olympic champion ...

(born 1982) professional triathlete, competed in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

* Sarah Meier (born 1984) former figure skater, eight-time Swiss national champion * Christine Meier (born 1986) ice hockey player *

Reto Berra Reto Berra (born 3 January 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). Berra played seven seasons in Switzerland's National League A, spending time with the G ...

(born 1987) professional ice hockey goaltender * Martina van Berkel (born 1989) butterfly swimmer, competed in the

* Ramona Elsener (born 1992) ice dancer *

Eddy Yusof Eddy Yusof (born 2 October 1994) is a Swiss male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the forty-sixth edit ...

(born 1994) male artistic gymnast, lives in Bülach * Niels Hintermann (born 1995) World Cup alpine ski racer * Nico Georgiadis (born 1996) chess grandmaster

References

External links

Official Homepage of Bülach
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Spital Bülach

Vetropack

Sigristenkeller Art Gallery
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